Words and music Bob Dylan.
Released on Oh Mercy (1989).
Tabbed by Jeff Kokoskinski and Eyolf Østrem
Capo 4th fret (sounding key E major)
C F Csus4 C
What good am I if I'm like all the rest
C F C F C
If I just turn away when I see how you're dressed
Am Em
If I shut myself off so I can't hear you cry
F C F C
What good am I ?
What good am I if I know and don't do
If I see and don't say if I look right through you
If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin' sky
What good am I ?
What good am I while you softly weep
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep
And I freeze in the moment like the rest who don't try
What good am I ?
Am
What good am I then to others and me
Em
If I've had every chance and yet still fail to see
Am /d (n.c.) Am
If my hands are tied must I not wonder within
Em Dm
Who tied them and why and where must I have been.
What good am I if I say foolish things And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings And I just turn my back while you silently die What good am I ?